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W. E. PACER. COMBINED LIFE-BOAT AND TRUNK.

Patented Fe'b. 29,1s7efl No.1'74,Z18.

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. COMBINED LIFE-BOAT AND TRUNK. I No, 174,218, Patented Feb. 29,1876.

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N. PETERS, FNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASQINBYON, D C.

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IMPROVEMENTIN .coMBiNEo L'lFE BO A Ts AN 0. TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,2 l 8 ,.dat edFebruary 29, 1876; application :filed February 15, 1816. I

To all whom it may-concern;

Be it known that .I, W ILSQN' E.=,Faonit, of; Toronto; Ganada, haveinvented "a -.new and Improved Combined Trunk and Life-Boat; j and I dohereby declare-thatthefollowing is 5 a futhclear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart of thisspecification, in which v I Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe device extended as a boat; Fig. 2, a plan view when folded for atrunk; Fig. *3, a detail of the bottom brace for the boat-frame; Fig. 4,a plan view of the device, having one end extended for a boat and theother end partly folded.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the device for holding the car, whichis to be attached to the folding trunk-lid.

The objectof my invention is to provide a combined trunk and life-boatfor the use of travelers upon sea-going vessels which, as a trunk,occupies. no more room than the ordinary traveling-trunks, and yet, inthe event of a disaster, is capable of being unfolded and extended so asto form, with a suitable covering of rubber-canvas, aconvenient andeffective life-boat. v

The invention consists in a rectangular frame and lattice-work, aboutthe size of a trunk, made lightly of steel, and provided with hingeddoors, which constitute the trunk or the middle portion of the boat. Thestem and stern are constructed of a hinged folding frame at each end ofthe trunk portion, which, together with the said trunk portion, isprovided with pivoted folding ribs, which, when the frames are extendedand braced and the ribs opened, form the skeleton of a life-boat, whichis to be covered with heavy duck or canvas coated with rubber.

In the drawing, A A represent an upper and lower rectangular frame,about four feet long and two wide, which are connected by vertical studsB, about twenty inches in length, said dimensions being those of thetrunk or middle portion of the boat. This frame is made as light aspossible, consistent with strength, and'for this reason is made of lightsteel'bars, which are connected also by a lattice-work, D, of thinsteel. The two ends of the boat being symmetrical, it will only benecessary to deseribe o e of the :same EE are the two sectionsof afolding frame, which frame constitute one; of th ends of the boat. Saidframe, like that forming the body of the trunh, ismade, of thin bars ofsteel, and gthe section E is pivoted to the end, of theabodyframa in themiddle, so that when turned parallel therewith its joint on is at {thecorner of the Hunk-frame, sothat the outer section E may be turnedparallel with and between the projecting edges of the side frame. Insidethe frame E arepivoted the folding ribs F, which are made of steel, justhalf the width of their containing frame, so that the two ribs exactlyfold together inside the same, and when extended rest against stop-pinsas. The end frames E E, after being extended, are braced and locked inposition by the triangular braces Gr below and H above. The brace His alight steel lattice-work, which is fastened to the end frame of thetrunk and the frames E E by means of binding'screws b. G is a planesection of metal, slotted at c and d, and having its bifurcated ends atd turned up, so that when it is to be applied as a brace its upturnedends are passed over a pivoted button, e, and its opposite end fastenedupon the upper side of the lower end edge of the trunkframe by means ofbinding-screws. When the end frames are thus braced and the folding ribsextended, the said end frames form, with the folding ribsF of the body,a perfect skeleton of v a boat, with symmetrically-tapered ends, whichskeleton is intended to be covered with heavy duck or canvas coated withrubber. The inside body of the trunk portion is also lined withrubber-canvas, and its sides and ends are provided with. hinged doors I,which give access to the front, rear, and side compartments of the boatfor the storage of baggage and the contents of the trunk. Said doors Iare hinged at the bottom, and are inclosed upon the edges with therubber-canvas, after, the manner of the ends of a pocket-book, so thatthe water which may dash 'into the body or exposed part of the boatcannot get into the other compartments. J are the two hinged covers,which'form the top of the trunk and bulwarks and Outriggers for theboat. They-are made of a lattice-work of thin steel with astiffening-rim, and are larger upon their oi1tside edges than upon thehinged edge, so that when theyare opened "and let down to nearlya'horizontal positionyandthe" apparatus is to be used as a boat, therubberoanvas connecting their ends will have'an ing a swiveling support,11, in which is pivoted V the oar-collar. i, so asto allow the oartowork as upon a universal joint. The oar is fastened in the collar 6 bystuds j j, so that it may not be swept away, and the collar is providedwith stop-lugs k k, against which the stud j Y strikes to limit therotary movement "of the car in feathering the same.

f In connection with the boat as thus" described, sockets are to beemployed for holding a mast or standards for an awning, and

-the canvas used for the sail or the awning forms the outer covering forthe apparatus when it is folded and used for a trunk, under whichcircumstances it presents to d the eye the appearance of .i an ordinarytravelingtrunk,v J i Having thus describedmy invent-ion, what I claim asnew is sisting of the rectangular frame in combination Ifwiith thesymmetrical folding end frames E E I and the folding-ribs F F, as andfor the purpose described. a

'2. Thecombination, with the frame E E and the rectangular body ortrunk-frame, of

the braces G and H, as and for the purpose described. j l 3. Thecombination, with the folding covers J, of the oar-locks K, as and forthe purpose described.

4. The rectangular trunk or body section, consisting of frames A A andstuds B, inclosed by a thin metallic lattice-work, in combination' withthe doors I, hinged at the bottom, as and for the purpose described.

. W. E. FAOER.

, Witnesses: R: L. VVHYTE, GEO. W. BADGEROW.

